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PEOPLE ZOOPLA has appointed
Horntrich to start at XL in July XL Insurance has appointed a new chief underwriting officer for international property, Matthias Horntrich, to start in July. He has 15 years experience of property underwriting across various European countries. Horntrich returns to XL after a year as regional head of property for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, where he was responsible for the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium and South Africa. Prior to that, he occupied various underwriting roles with
XL insurance.
Colliers keen to promote Hadley Dean Colliers International has promoted Hadley Dean to managing partner of its New Europe division, giving him control over 650 staff in 16 offices across 13 Eastern and Central European countries. Colliers International’s CEO Chris McLernon said: ““Hadley has been able to successfully lead and grow our business in Central and Eastern Europe during a challenging period and we have confidence in his ability to continue to drive initiatives across a wider geography, furthering our commitment to providing clients with seamless access to a full range of real estate services across New Europe. Hadley’s commitment to our clients and passion for real estate made his promotion to this newly created role a logical choice.”
RICS creates executive director role The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has appointed Mark Walley as it’s UK Executive Director. This newly created position aims to enhance the organisation’s ability to advance and enforce land, property and built environment standards in the UK, as well as promoting the profession in the UK. Walley said: “The UK is a key market which has many opportunities for further development and
so I am particularly pleased.”
JLL appoint Polish research analyst Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed Agnieszka Sosnowska as a research analyst for its research and consultancy team, which now consists of six people based in Warsaw. Prior to joining, Sosnowska worked at Ernst and Young, as an analyst in the real estate advisory group where she was responsible for preparing analysis, reports and presentations concerning the commercial and residential real estate markets in Poland and selected Central and Eastern European cities.
the former UK managing director of dating site
Match.com as its new marketing director. Charlotte Harper (right) joins with over fi fteen years of marketing experience across a range of companies, including
Travelocity.com, O2 and BSKyB. She will be responsible for the marketing strategy, campaign creation and delivery and management of the marketing team at Zoopla. This will include online marketing, trade marketing, PR and above-the-line advertising. Harper said: “I am extremely excited about joining the
fastest-growing and most innovative business in the online property space. Zoopla is pioneering transparency and effi ciency in the property market and it is a thrill to work in an environment that has a clear impact on consumers by helping them make better-informed decisions, especially given the importance when it comes to property. I am really looking look forward to ensuring that Zoopla remains the best place for consumers to search for property online and the most effective online marketing partner for estate agents and developers in the UK.” Alex Chesterman, Founder & CEO of Zoopla
added: “We are delighted to welcome Charlotte to the senior team at Zoopla. Her background and extensive experience will ensure that we are making the most of our signifi cant marketing investment over the coming months as we drive to increase our brand awareness and grow our market share.”
CBRE expanding in Bahrain
CB RICHARD ELLIS is expanding its Bahrain based team, and has appointed Afshan Shah Dadabai as manager of research and consultancy at their Manama office. Dadabai is a Bahraini national, and has over 10 years of research and consultancy experience in the Middle East, and is a specialist in market appraisals, feasibility studies, best-use development studies and high-level financial modelling.
Prior to joining CBRE, Dadabai worked at Cluttons, where she was a manager in strategic consultancy. The senior director of research and consultancy for CBRE in Bahrain, Mike Williams, said: “We are delighted that Afshan Dadabai is joining our fi rm. She has a wealth of experience and talent that can be put to the immediate benefi t of our regional clients, offering a unique perspective on the local market that only a National can provide. We have been committed to growing our business in Bahrain since we opened in 2008 and this will accelerate the process.”
www.opp.org.uk | FEBRUARY 2011
Movers & shakers Zoopla marketing move
New partner
International law firm Salans has appointed Dan Larkin as a partner in its Global Real Estate and Global Corporate Practice Group. Larkin is a senior hospitality and real estate finance expert, and will head Salans’ Global Hospitality Sector group from London.
Larkin - below - was previously co-head of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey’s Real Estate Finance practice in Europe, where he focussed on project, real estate and asset-backed transactions.
He said: ““I see Salans as a great platform on which to grow my practice, which stretches from the hospitality business to projects across the globe, including many dynamic emerging markets where Salans has a leading reputation. I have watched Eric Rosedale and Evan Z. Lazar [Co-Chairmen of Salans’ Global Real Estate Group] build a powerful real estate team from the ground up, and I am delighted that they have now brought me on board and we have decided to join forces.”
Rosedale said: “We have known Dan for many years and his addition to our team is like bringing a friend on board. It’s a great strategic fi t for our Global Real Estate Group on a number of levels. Dan will give an important boost to our growing international hospitality business, and his experience on public projects from Europe to Asia will add breadth to our capabilities in this exciting area. We made a number of key lateral hires in 2010 and anticipate that there will be more to come as we continue to build our position as one of the leading global real estate practices outside of the US among leading law fi rms.”
Lazar added: “This hire follows on the heels of taking on board Cliff ord Chance’s market leading real estate practice in Poland. We continue to be an attractive alternative to the Magic Circle and leading US fi rms for top cross-border real estate practitioners across Western and Emerging Europe.”
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